Identification of Blastomyces dermatitidis in the stool of a dog with acute pulmonary blastomycosis.
We report the identification of Blastomyces dermatitidis by microscopic examination of a direct faecal smear from a dog with pulmonary blastomycosis. A simultaneously obtained faecal culture grew Blastomyces dermatitidis. The fungus was also cultured from a transtracheal sample from this same dog. This report suggests that yeast-phase cells of B. dermatitidis may be recovered in the stool of dogs with pulmonary blastomycosis following transit through the gastrointestinal tract of swallowed infected sputum. Implications regarding the ecology of Blastomyces dermatitidis are discussed.
Baumgardner
D J
DJ
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, St Luke's Family Practice Center, Milwaukee 53215, USA.
Paretsky
D P
DP
D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001758:Blastomyces / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000494:pharmacology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013412:Sulfadimethoxine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004396:Coloring Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D013412:Sulfadimethoxine; D015725:Fluconazole; C100125:ormetoprim; D010400:Penicillin G; D008751:Methylene Blue; D013307:Streptomycin